The Boondocks’ ‘Soup Can Pop Band’ Is A Perfect Embodiment Of What Their Sound Is All About
Estonia Post-Punk Rock Group, The Boondocks, released their latest record Soup Can Pop Band on September 27th, marking the fourth record in their discography. Soup Can Pop Band was released with 11 songs and one music video for “Whatever You Said Went Over My Head”. As with every record up to this point, the quartet released a unique batch of tracks that define “The Boondocks” image and sound.
To give a brief history of The Boondocks’ discography, their debut record in 2014, USB, revealed tracks that were, as many debut albums from artists, raw and experimental. In the case of USB, The Boondocks delivered 11 exuberant tracks that were live-friendly and full of energy. There was a noticeable twist of electronic influence within USB, in tracks “Jurassic”, “Rumble”, “I Hunger”, and the one-minute and three-second interlude “More Than a Minute” is practically all synthesizer based.
The Boondocks succeeding release, Thriller, honed a classic rock-and-roll flare that glazed most tracks. Flashy solos, screeching guitar bends, love ballads, and lots of compression in the guitar’s distortion to go around. On this record, there is an emphasis on lyric creation, as Villem Sarapuu's voice is pronounced and set front-stage on Thriller compared to the predecessor, USB. Tracks such as “Whiskers” and “Widowmaker” serve as great examples. The album as a whole has a refined approach that does as much storytelling in the lyrics as it does with its elaborate songwriting and approach.
The band’s 3rd record, How to Build a Love Bomb, follows the steps of Thriller with its well-developed songwriting and vocal emphasis, but with a great divergence to a cleaner and kept sound (or “presentable” sound per se, if this was a conversation had during work hours). The Boons present the album with dabbles of clean guitar tones, essential piano inclusions, and plenty of spotlight for Villem’s vocals/lyrics to be forefront. How to Build a Love Bomb may be their most refined, mature record to date, structurally and sonically speaking. Notable tracks are “The Backdoor Method”, “Shadowplay”, and “Daydreaming...” which mark a great twist to the enthusiastic, yet experimental demeanor of The Boondocks.
The record Soup Can Pop Band brings back the vigorously fun sound found in the debut USB. Abrasive tracks such as “Mr. Politician” and “Whatever You Said Went Over My Head” place speed and aggression in the spotlight, with thrashing guitar riffs and passionate vocals from Villem. The electronic influence returns with a full-on electro track “(10455)” that marks one of my favorite songs in the album. This track is brazen, all-out fun, with groovy synth leads, natural techno beat, and a revolving “WOOO!” that pops in time-to-time and never gets old. As Soup Can Pop Band marks the group’s fourth official record, they are developing a trademark sound that stamps The Boondocks’ giddy, rebellious, and enthusiastic flavor. Although Thriller and How to Build a Love Bomb were sonically slight changes of pace, the animated demeanor of The Boondocks never misses to shine a glimpse or shine an ocean-view.
Soup Can Pop Band Track List:
1. Man of the People
2. Smokin' Aces
3. Doppelgängers
4. Shadow in the Light
5. Mr. Politician
6. A City on Fire
7. Whatever You Said Went Over My Head
8. The Hypernarrative
9. Beware, BEWARE!
10. (10455)
11. Starving Dogs
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